On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 04:06:01PM -0600, Zach Garner wrote: > > > Second, why can't I create packages with standard unix commands? Why > > > can't I say something like: > > > $ tar cvzf data.tgz myapplication/* > > > $ tar czvf control.tgz control > > > $ tar czvf mypackage-0.1.deb data.tgz control.tgz > > > > Debian uses standard unix commands. > > What I meant by standard roughly translates into available on most/all > unix or linux systems. The format of a .deb file is special as far as I > can tell. I can't create or manipulate them without using dpkg-deb or > one of the other scripts.
try ar Frank -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan
